Friday 13 October 2017

RenewEconomy: Frederick Brown: Dutch team Nuon Solar wins Australia solar car race

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Dutch team Nuon Solar wins Australia solar car race

By Frederic Brown on 13 October 2017 Source: PV Magazine

Since October 8 some 42 cars powered by solar energy raced their way across Australia from Darwin to Adelaide in the 30th World Solar Challenge. Delft University’s Nuon Solar grabbed its seventh win. The Nuon Solar team celebrates its first-place finish, its seventh victory overall. Image: Nuon Solar/Twitter The Nuon Solar team celebrates its first-place finish, its seventh victory overall. Image: Nuon Solar/Twitter The famous World Solar Challenge – a solar-powered car race across 3,000 miles of harsh Australian terrain – was won for the seventh time by the Netherlands’ Nuon Solar team, which crossed the official finish line at Victoria Square in Adelaide 37 hours, 10 minutes and 41 seconds after setting off in Darwin. The team, from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, entered the lightest car in the contest, finishing ahead of the U.S.’s Michigan, which grabbed second-place with its torpedo-shaped ‘Novum’, while Punch Powertrain from Belgium recorded its best result since 2007 with a third-place finish. The challenge began on October 8 with 42 cars powered only by the sun racing from Australia’s tropical north to its southern shores: a gruelling 3,000 km (1,864 mile) endurance test through the Outback. Competing cars typically reach speeds of up to 90 kph to 100 kph (55 mph to 62 mph). Nuon took the lead early and never looked back. Nuon Team Manager, Sander Koot, said that the team adjusted its strategy and driving style to best handle the harsh weather conditions, which included wind gusts of up to 60 kilometres per hour. Jasper Hemmes, aerodynamics expert for the team, said the drivers were instructed to position the solar car in such a way as to profit from the winds, often as if they were operating a sailing ship. In the cars of the future, Cruiser Class, fellow Dutch team Eindhoven is on track for its moment in the sun tomorrow – the team is expected to cross the finish line first, with a time target of between 11am and 2pm. Source: PV Mag. Reproduced with permission. Share this: 0 4 0share0share0 0 4 We Recommend UK sets out clean growth strategy and major...Governments,Other Good Stuff UK solar fund buys stakes in three Queensland...News & Commentary,Renewables,Solar How to fix Australia’s embarrassing failure in...Climate,Governments,News & Commentary,Smart Transport Victoria attracts another wind farm proposalCleanTech Bites,Renewables Voters demand better policy response than baseloadGovernments,Other Good Stuff Smart grid, dumb media: Conservatives hit peak...Climate,Coal,Governments,News & Commentary Recommendations powered by plista Other Good Stuff • Smart Transport « Previous Post Next Post » RenewEconomy Free Daily Newsletter Email Address From Our Partners At SolarQuotes Live Australia Electricity Generation Data Live Generation Fri 13 Oct at 15:05 (NEM Time) WATASSAVICNSWQLD0 MW3,000 MW6,000 MW9,000 MWBlack CoalBrown CoalGasLiquid FuelOtherHydroWindLarge SolarAPVI Small Solar* v2.0.4.8875 Upcoming Events Sponsored Links Renew Economy Jobs Board Press Releases Building and precincts to go carbon neutral Buddy Platform and Edge Electrons Partner to Drive Down Energy Usage and Spending New Energy Solar to acquire 130MW portfolio of PV plants from Cypress Creek Renewables CS Energy signs 10 year agreement with Kennedy Energy Park Romilly Madew wins prestigious international sustainability award Follow Us Popular Articles Telstra unveils its big battery - it's nearly 10 times bigger than Tesla’s Qld renewables tender swamped by 115 projects, 6,000MW of storage Politics be damned – consumers jump aboard the energy revolution Smart grid, dumb media: Conservatives hit peak stupid over demand response Popular Tags ARENA Australia battery storage carbon emissions CEFC China clean energy climate climate change coal cop21 electricity electric vehicle electric vehicles emissions energy energy efficiency energy storage EV EVs fossil fuels Gas Germany global global warming India NEM nuclear paris policy queensland renewable energy renewable energy target renewables rooftop solar smart energy solar solar energy solar PV south australia Tesla United States wind wind energy wind farm © Copyright RenewEconomy 2017. All rights reserved. Privacy | Terms of Use | Contact | Login Follow Share Toggle Dock ShareThis Copy and Paste

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